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Old 27-10-2012, 02:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Diesel rotavator

David Hill wrote in
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I tried this rotavator at home on my light soil and it was OK, just
too heavy and it got bogged down sometimes.
Today I passed it over the allotment which is clay soil and it is a
dream, quite muddy conditions but it is up to the job. Like a knife
through hot butter. Neve did the revs. go down even through parts
that have not been forked over. Its a messy thing. Chucks mud at me.
A few modifications like mudflaps need to be done somehow. It is also
an art to turn the thing around at the end of a pass.
All in all a pretty good experience.

Baz

One way was to hang a Hessian sack across the back so it drags along
where the flap plate should be.


Yes, that will work until I can get a more permanent fix. Thanks.
In fact that might be the fix, just keep renewing the sack.

Baz